Obituaries

      Wanda (Taylor) Eninger was born January 27, 1926, in Osceola County near Sibley, Iowa, to Dallas B. and Alice M. Winkel Taylor.  As a child she contracted polio which caused her to start grade school at the age of seven.  She attended her first year of high school in…

  Frances May (Powell) Florine breathed her last on October 10, 2019 in Cherokee, Iowa. She was born May 30, 1923 in Sutherland, Iowa to Theodore and Julia (Sweeney) Powell, and lived almost all of her life in and around the community. She was baptized, had her first communion and was…

Zerena Frances Dardis, was born on June 7, 1920 to Leslie Harlow and Lillie Mae Wirtz Simington in Dickens, Iowa. She spent her school years at Lake Center and Ayrshire graduating from Ayrshire High School in 1937.

     On January 15, 1940, Zerena married Gilbert William Dardis…

     Iva Lea Faulkner, the daughter of Lee and Alice (Lawler) Johnson, was born May 23, 1929, in Dickens, IA. She was raised and received her early education in the Dickens, Gillett Grove, Greenville and Rossie areas, graduating from Greenville-Rossie High…

     Jay Dean Prange, the son of Gerrit and Esther (Vander Schaaf) Prange, was born on June 15, 1945 in Nebraska.  He attended school in Sheldon and Spencer, graduating from Spencer High School in 1963.  As a child, Jay spent summers with Dick and Marie Minen working on the…

Larry was born on August 16^th 1951 in Spencer, Iowa to Duane and Norma (Nelsen) Dotson.  He spent his childhood in Spencer, IA with his three younger siblings, Rod, Sharon, and Janet. Larry graduated from the Spencer High School in 1969. 

On July 6, 1974, Larry married Joan Uhe and to…

Dave Duane Nissen, the son of Harold C. and Gladys J. Johnson Nissen, was born November 16, 1955, in Spencer, Iowa.  Dave graduated from the Spencer High School in 1974.  He furthered his education at Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Dave worked as a meat cutter for 43 years at The…

Theodore "Ted" Marvin Mincer, age 84 of Bella Vista, Arkansas passed away Wednesday, October 2^nd at Northwest Medical Center surrounded by family.  Ted was born November 26, 1934 to Orlo and Winnie Mincer in Spencer, Iowa.

He graduated from Spencer High School in May of 1952.  On…

     Shirley JoAnn Morrow, the daughter of Harlan M. and Verna E. (Nelson) Syndergaard, was born on September 23, 1931 in Cedar Falls, IA. She lived on a farm southeast of Royal, IA and attended country school through the 8^th grade. She spent her first year of high school in…

THE FAMILY REQUESTS NO FLOWERS!
Memorials may be directed  to the Abben Cancer Center in Spencer, Iowa

     

Wendell Louis Keir, the son of Robert and Lana (Peeso) Keir, was born March 25, 1942 in Spencer, Iowa.  His childhood years were spent in Spencer.  He received…

     Curtis Clyde Runkle, son of Clyde and Effie Mae Crawford, was born June 21, 1921 in Clay County, Iowa.  Curtis grew up in the Moneta area, graduating from Moneta High School in 1939.

     Curtis farmed until joining the Navy in 1942.  Curtis was a…

    Gertrude “Trudy” Marie Wedel was born April 5, 1928 in Milford, IA to John and Josephine (Uhlenkamp) Reiman. Trudy was the youngest in a family of four girls and two boys. She grew up on a farm south east of Milford, where she helped her dad with the chores including…

     Klaas Dick Groen, the son of Benhard and Jennie (Nagel) Groen was born on February 26, 1936, near Rock Rapids, IA. He received his early education attending country school in Lyon County. After school, he worked for many area farmers.

     Klaas married…

    Ronald Wayne Potter, the son of Dwight and Edith (Batt) Potter, was born November 13, 1934 in Algona, IA.  His childhood years were spent in Algona, IA and later Burt, IA until 1944. They moved to Fenton, IA in 1949, where he received his education, graduating from Fenton High…

Steven John Fox, son of Stanley and Darlene (Reilly) Fox, was born on the 11th of February in 1968 in Sheldon, IA. His childhood years were spent as a Sheldon Orab where he excelled in swimming, track and field, wrestling and football. He went on to play college football and threw the shot put and…

     Carlene Marie Nothwehr, the daughter of Carl and Shirley (Bruner) Struve, was born February 7, 1946…

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established by the family.

Arden Bernard Raveling, the son of Ben and Lena (Knox) Raveling, was born December 16, 1927 in Clay County, Iowa.  He was raised on a farm near Peterson, where he received his education, graduating from Peterson High…

Merla “Jean” Halverson, the daughter of Forrest and Margaret (Duis) Fink, was born April 14, 1940 in Rural Sibley, Iowa.  Her childhood years were spent on a farm between Sibley and Little Rock, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Little Rock High…

It is my privilege to tell you of the life of my husband, Digger! Digger was a giant of a man, that loved the Lord, his family, and kids, everybody’s kids! Yes, at Foundation he was known as kid whisperer! 

Douglas Jon Cheevers was born on April 21, 1949, to Howard Cheevers and Pearl…

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Spencer Sacred Heart Church, or the National Diabetes Association.  Since it was important to him, his children request that you recycle an old greeting card, add a cute note to it, and use the money you saved on a new card for a donation to…

Norma Jean Raveling, the daughter of John and Serena (Norland) Plagman, was born January 1, 1932, in Clay County, Iowa.  Her childhood years were spent in Peterson and later Linn Grove, Iowa, where she received her…

Barbara Joan Dean, the daughter of Gerald “Jerry” and Helen (Stanton) Dean, was born February 22, 1954 in Spencer, Iowa.  Her childhood years were spent in Spencer.  Barb was a member of the VFW Spencerettes Drill Team during her school years and graduated from Spencer High…

   Richard Lee Jackson, the son of Marion and Virginia (Bing) Jackson, was born on March 26, 1944 in  Storm Lake, IA. He was raised in the Newell, Jolley and then Albert City areas and attended high school in Rembrandt, graduating in 1963. Following high school, he farmed near…

           Violet Mae Larm-Mumford was born April 25, 1952. She was born in Royal, Iowa  to Arthur Willam Larm and Stella Mae Willis. Violet passed away suddenly on August 24, 2019.  Violet  has 3 sisters:  Nancy…

Krystal Rose Marie Decker, age 56 of Rembrandt, Iowa passed away on Friday, August 23, 2019 at the Spencer Hospital in Spencer, Iowa.

     Krystal was united in marriage to Bernard William “Bill” Decker on February 2, 1994 in Newell, Iowa.  They were blessed by…

     Jack Dean Krusenstjerna the son of Russell and Bertha (Clampitt) Krusenstjerna, was born on March 16, 1920 in Battle Creek, Iowa. Jack grew up in Odebolt and attended school there until 1936 when the family moved to Sioux City, IA, where he attended Central High School.…

     Eula Marie Belken, the daughter of Orville and Loretta (Bennett) Utley was born November 11, 1944 in Spencer, IA. Her childhood years were spent in the Spencer area, where she attended Spencer schools.

     Eula married Dale Belken on April 7, 1961 in…